佐治亚州共和党众议员巴迪·卡特（Buddy Carter）在中期选举前为共和党的策略进行了辩护。与此同时，特朗普总统敦促美国选民投票时，仿佛他本人“就在选票上”。周二，CNN的杰克·塔珀（Jake Tapper）就本届选举周期中特朗普总统信息的实际效果向卡特提出了质疑，因为他的政党正努力维持对国会两院的控制。
Georgia Rep. Buddy Carter (R) defended the Republican Party’s strategy ahead of the midterm elections, as President Trump urges Americans to cast their vote as if he were “on the ballot.”CNN’s Jake Tapper questioned Carter on Tuesday about the effectiveness of the president’s message this election cycle, in which his party is fighting to maintain control of both chambers of Congress.
“我认为他采取的策略是正确的，”这位共和党议员表示。“你看，我们有值得拿来说事的政绩。在拜登-哈里斯政府之后，我们改变了美国，并且完成了我们的使命。”
“I think he’s got the right strategy,” the GOP lawmaker said. “Look, we’ve got a record to run on. We changed America after the Biden-Harris administration, and we did our job.
他继续说道：“我们守住了边境，确保了美国人的安全，也保障了经济的强劲发展。所有这些都是我们应当以此作为竞选重点的成就。”
“We secured the border, we made sure Americans are safer, we make sure we’ve got a robust economy,” he continued. “All of those things are things we need to be running on.”
卡特还回应了围绕特朗普政府持续在伊朗开展军事行动所引发的公众不满——尤其是与这场冲突相关的能源价格和生活成本上涨问题。马奎特法学院于8月发布的一项最高法院民意调查显示，75%的受访者认为这些军事行动“不值得付出如此代价”。根据美国汽车协会（AAA）的数据，周三标准燃油的平均价格较一年前每加仑上涨了一美元以上。仅在佐治亚州，同期油价就上涨了近一美元。
Carter also addressed the public discontent around the Trump administration’s ongoing military operation in Iran — primarily rising energy and cost of living expenses tied to the conflict. A Marquette Law School Supreme Court poll from August found that 75 percent of respondents did not believe these military operations were “worth the cost.”The average price of standard fuel was up by over a dollar per gallon from a year ago on Wednesday, according to AAA. In Georgia alone, the price of gas increased by just shy of a dollar in the same period.
总统则将这些成本上涨的担忧轻描淡写地称为这场战争“需要付出的极其低廉的代价”。
The president has brushed aside concerns about the increased costs as a “very inexpensive price to pay” for the war.
卡特承认油价“毫无疑问”已经“过高”，但他同时赞扬了美国对德黑兰的持续军事行动。
Carter said there was “no question” that gas prices were “too high,” but he praised the U.S.’s ongoing military operation against Tehran.
这位佐治亚州共和党人表示：“他通过确保伊朗无法拥有核武器，以及无法拥有能够打击我们本土的弹道导弹，正在让这个国家更加安全。所有这些因素都至关重要——我们必须牢记这一点。”该议员曾参加佐治亚州共和党参议员初选，但最终败给了特朗普支持的共和党众议员迈克·柯林斯（Mike Collins）。
“He is making this country safer by making sure that Iran doesn’t have a nuclear bomb, by making sure they don’t have ballistic missiles that can reach our homeland,” the Georgia Republican said. “All of those things are vitally important — we have to keep that in mind.”The lawmaker ran in the GOP primary in Georgia’s U.S. Senate race, in which he was defeated by Trump-backed Rep. Mike Collins (R-Ga.).
当被问及他对备受关注的11月柯林斯与现任参议员乔恩·奥索夫（民主党-佐治亚州）对决的期望时，卡特表示：“这场竞选仍会趋于胶着”，“我认为随着选举日的临近，差距会进一步缩小。”
When asked about his expectations for the closely watched November match-up between Collins and incumbent Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.), he said, “this race is still gonna tighten up,” “I think that this is gonna get tighter as we get closer to Election Day,” Carter added.
近期民调显示，奥索夫在竞选中占据明显优势，在最近的调查中领先4至11个百分点。
Recent polling has shown Ossoff with a marked advantage in the race, leading by between 4 and 11 percentage points in recent surveys.